CERVID.E 187 



Burmeister, Descript. Phys. Re-pub. Argent, vol. iii, p. 480, 1879 ; 



Ooeldi, Mammiferos do Brasil, p. 106, 1893, Mem. Mus. Ooeldi, 



pt. iii, p. 5, 1902. 

 Cervus palustris, Desmoulins, Did. Class. Hist. Nat. vol. iii, p. 379, 



1823. 

 Cervus (Mazama) paludosus, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 



vol. V, p. 316, 1827. 

 Mazama paludosa, Jar dine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. iii, p. 173, 



1835. 

 Dorcelaphus paludosus, Gloger, Handbuch Naturgeschichte, p. 140, 



1841. 

 Cariacus paludosus. Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Bigne Anim., Mamm.p. 173, 



1842; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 922; Flower and 



LydeTcker, Study of Mammals, p. 329, 1891 ; Lydekker, Horns 



and Hoofs, p. 343, 1893, An. Mus. La Plata, Pal. Argent, vol. ii, 



p. 80, 1893; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 2, p. 57, 1896. 

 (?) Mazama furoata, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 176, 1843. 



Cervus (Elaphus Blastocerus) paludosus, Wagner, Schreber's Sdug- 



thiere, Suppl. vol. iv, p. 367, 1844. 

 Cervus (Blastocerus) paludosus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. 



Handl. 1844, p. 182, 1846 ; Jhering, Mammiferos de Sao Paulo, 



p. 14, 1894. 

 Blastooeros paludosus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 237, Cat. 



TJngulata Brit. Mus. p. 224, 1852, Cat. Buminants Brit. Mus. 



p. 87, 1872, Hand-List Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 157, 1873; 



Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 266, 1862 ; Fitzinger, 



Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 359, 1873, 



vol. Ixxviii, pt. 1, p. 350, 1879. 

 Cariaous palustris, Lydekker, Boyal Nat. Hist. vol. ii, p. 387, 1894. 

 Mazama dichotoma, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 283, 1898. 

 Mazama (Blastooeros) dichotoiHa, Lydekker, Great and Small Game 



of Europe, etc. p. 363, 1901 ; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, 



p. 110, 1910, ed. 7, p. 108, 1914. 

 Blastocerus diohotomus, Pococh, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 966. 



Marsh-Deee ; Veado Galhbiro Gkande ; Guazdpdco. 



Type of genus. 



Typical locality Brazil. 



Largest of South American deer, the size being approxi- 

 mately that of a red deer, but the build more slender ; antlers 

 large and rugose, with both prongs of main fork dividing 

 more than once, and upper prong usually larger than lower 

 one ; muzzle bluntly pointed ; ears large, and filled internally 

 with woolly white hair; tail bushy; coat long and coarse, 

 without radiating whorls on back and neck; general colour 

 in summer bright rufous chestnut, in winter brownish red, 

 becoming lighter on flanks, neck, and chest ; legs black from 



